2015-01-01
521 reads
Editorials
The 2015 Plan
As we look to the new year, Steve Jones wonders what improvements you might be planning for your career.
2014-12-31
193 reads
2014-12-30
166 reads
2014-12-29
161 reads
2014-12-29
205 reads
The Rich Rewards of Tuning SQL
The next time you are tempted to hammer a performance problem with hardware, why not instead invest that time in hammering and refining your SQL queries? There are rich rewards to be had.
2014-12-26 (first published: 2009-11-02)
540 reads
2014-12-25
107 reads
Kitchen Culture
Today Andy Warren talks about an employee work item that many of you might not be tasked with.
2014-12-22
137 reads
What counts for a DBA: Responsibility
Whose fault is it if a database is hacked and its contents appear on a hacker’s site? Louis Davidson suggests that, regardless of limitations, the DBA always bears some responsibility.
2014-12-22
156 reads
2014-12-19
107 reads
Blogs
SQL Server 2025 Generally Available
By Brian Kelley
This was announced last week at Microsoft Ignite and it's been covered by others...
Chatting with Power BI: Who Benefits from This Conversation?
By Rayis Imayev
"Dave: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.HAL: I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t...
A Quick Look at Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
Redgate acquired a data modeling tool from Vertabelo recently and I wanted to explore...
Forums
Configuring the On-Premises Data Gateway: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Configuring the On-Premises Data Gateway:...
Steps for Installing AlwaysOn Availability Groups - SQL 2019
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Steps for Installing AlwaysOn Availability...
SQL Server 2022 order by bug?
Hi, I was using order by on a column with characters and saw something...
Question of the Day
Getting The Database Name
I run this code to connect to SQL Server 2022 from the command line.
sqlcmd -S localhost -EAt the command line, I run these two commands:
SELECT ORIGINAL_DB_NAME() GOWhat is returned? See possible answers